Ariane von Graffenried

Ariane von Graffenried, born in Bern in 1978, is a writer and holds a doctorate in theatre studies. She is the curator of the Basel International Poetry Festival and appears as a spoken word performer in the duo “Fitzgerald & Rimini”. Her book “Babylon Park” (Der gesunde Menschenversand) was published in 2017, followed in 2019 by “50 Hertz”, a CD and poetry collection by the publisher of the same name. She has received several awards for her work, most recently the ZEBRA Prize for Best Poetry Film in 2023 (Fitzgerald & Rimini and Yannick Mosimann).

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